General Information

Serial #

118956

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC, METAL & GLASS CONSTRUCTION..2 SYNTHETIC & METAL COMPONENTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

42.0 cm

Width

25.0 cm

Height

41.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bell Howell

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR USED C. LATE 1960S-1970S.

Canada

THIS PROJECTOR USED IN CANADA. DONOR ACQUIRED THE PROJECTOR FROM THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD, AS SURPLUS EQUIPMENT.

Function

USED TO PROJECT RECORDED MOVING IMAGES ONTO A SUITABLE SURFACE FOR VIEWING, AND TO REPRODUCE RECORDED SOUND.

Technical

THIS LIGHTWEIGHT & COMPACT MODEL HAS A PRECISION AUTOMATIC FILM THREADING SYSTEM; CAN REWIND AND REPLAY SECTIONS OF FILMSTRIP; AND CAN STOP ON A SINGLE FRAME OF FILM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "FILMOSOUND/ specialist/ Bell & Howell/ AUTOLOAD" printed on projector casing. All controls, etc. labelled. "552/ 118956/ Bell & Howell/ 117 VOLTS/ 60 CY. 1500 WATTS/ LAMP 1200 W. MAX." & Underwriters Laboratories symbol appears on plate fixed to lower tight rear corner of projector. "LENS DESIGNED BY BELL & HOWELL 16mm SUPER D PROVAL 2 INCH F/1.4 LENS MADE IN JAPAN" incised on lens housing..2 "FILMOSOUND/ Bell & Howell/ 16MM PROJECTOR/ specialist" appears on cover exterior. Illustrated instruction card fixed to inside of cover: please see detail in supp. info.

Missing

MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN SUPPLIED WITH TAKE-UPREEL FOR FILM.

Finish

.1 PALE GREEN MOLDED CASING EXTERIOR HAS FLECKED GREY PATTERN, IMITATING WOVEN FIBRES. INTERIOR IS DARKER GREEN, WITH GREY AND BLACK TRIM AND CONTROLS. BLACK COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD & PLUG..2 CASING HAS SAME EXTERIOR FINISH AS.1.

Decoration

N/A